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Originally Posted by Heather8773
Anything that has a lot of hard to clean aspects (berrys, some veggies that you always find grit on) still avoid. But I would by the pre rinsed or organic when available spinach, kale, romane then soak those (Double clean!)
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When my wife was immunocompromised, she craved fresh vegetables but many of them were off limits. Canned vegetables can be nutritious enough but they just aren't the same. I remember separating the lettuce leaves and washing each one individually when she could finally have mixed salads.
Even now, years later, we're more careful than the average person. We're always wary of buffet lines; we would rather be near the front of the line than following a bunch of careless people.
With the recent scares about unsafe grocery store chicken, we're again reminded to protect ourselves from sources of infection.